New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) pleaded not guilty in a mortgage fraud case brought weeks after President Trump pressured his Justice Department to prosecute his most prominent political foes.

The New York Times reported James said to the court, “Not guilty, judge, to both counts," when asked how she wished to plead.

James appeared Friday morning before U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker, an appointee of former President Biden, for her arraignment in federal court in Norfolk, Va.

She faces counts of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution over allegations she misrepresented her plans for a Virginia home, allowing her to obtain favorable loan terms.

The indictment says James falsely claimed in mortgage documents that she would use a home she purchased in Nor

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